>Hi, George...
>
>If I use an input mask of 9999
>and a value of 0000
>
>I get 0. This evaluates right then and there in the properties box to 0.
>
>If I use an input mask of 9999
>and a value of "0000"
>
>I get "000
>
>So, the =REPLICATE("0",4) works.

Hi Larry,

I didn't mean to include the quotes in the input mask, as I mentioned in my second post. BTW, if the initial value was numeric, the Format code of L would give you leading zeroes. But that only applies to numeric values.